Harry S. Truman
The haberdasher who dropped the atomic bomb, integrated the military, recognized Israel, launched the Marshall Plan, and created NATO — all in eight years as a president nobody thought was ready for the job. 'The buck stops here' wasn't a slogan, it was his governing philosophy.
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